Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

An eccentric park and pool.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Catacombs turned marketplace.